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World renown geologists convene to discuss Sidoarjo mud in London
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 10/21/2008 4:18 PM | Environment
Noted geologists and academics from all over the world have convened Tuesday for a two-day international conference on the Sidoarjo (East Java) mudflow phenomenon, an Indonesian participant said.Sunaryo Suradi said Durham University geologist Richard Davies had initiated the conference on "Subsurface Sediment Remobilization and Fluid Flow in Sedimentary Basins" to professionally discuss the mudflow in Sidoarjo based on the latest data.
According to Suradi, Antara news agency reported, the geologists would present papers on why the subsurface sediment became reactive and flowed out.
Suradi said the Sidoarjo mudflow had drawn the geologists` concern from the world over and that now they had wanted to discuss the matter so as to find an explanation as to the causes and origin of the mudflow.
"The geologists international conference is very interesting and important for the future of the Porong area in Sidoarjo," he said.
The seminar is sponsored by oil companies BP, Chevron, ConocoPhilips, DONG Energy, Oilexco, Shell and StatoilHydro. (amr)
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Rahadi Widodo (not verified) — Tue, 10/21/2008 - 5:08pm
Funny how you dont see the company that has been accused of starting it not sponsoring this ! they are too busy asking the Gov to help them on their crumbling empire again!
let's not be distracted the fact not so long ago they had lots of money and choose not to help the victims.